18,000 rookie cards for one player

[GasHouseGang]

When I decided to try to collect all of the Kobe rookie cards, I didn't know what to go after since there were so many. So I just went to the PSA website and went after the ones on their list. It still omitted so many nice cards, but it was a place to start. I haven't looked at more modern player lists. Does PSA try to keep it to an achievable number for the new rookies? Is it like 25 cards or more like 100?

[Brent G.]

Originally Posted by GasHouseGang

When I decided to try to collect all of the Kobe rookie cards, I didn't know what to go after since there were so many. So I just went to the PSA website and went after the ones on their list. It still omitted so many nice cards, but it was a place to start. I haven't looked at more modern player lists. Does PSA try to keep it to an achievable number for the new rookies? Is it like 25 cards or more like 100?

See above -- it's up to as many as 18,000. Is there a binder that holds 2,000 pages?

[BioCRN]

From a value hunting viewpoint the gazillion RC is an eye rolling money grab to add more "value" to a product that's ever-increasing to buy in, and in need of better odds for people to pull their hits.

Rather than capping production of a collectable, there's a lot more focus on making an increasing amount of variations.

Things like this have a tipping point, and as it is some stuff that's legit rare is lost in the shuffle.

From a collector point of view that just wants a cool card of a single player, the variety is nice.

I'm not sure the Seiya Suzuki card I chose for my collection (2022 Topps Japan Edition - Cherry Tree variation) would be available if not for this level of corporate money grab. I like the card because it's a 1987 Topps style front and the back has his full Japanese stats.